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- van Gennip, E.M.S.J. (author), Sillevis Smitt Sr, P.A.E. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author) article 2000
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Buijs, P. (author), van Amstel, R. (author), van Dijk, F. (author), TNO Arbeid (author)Objectives - To investigate cooperation between occupational physicians (OPs) and general practitioners (GPs). Methods - Literature review; structured interviews; questionnaires sent to randomised samples of OPs (n = 232) and GPs (n = 243). Results - Actual cooperation is poor. However, more than 80% of both groups responded that they want to...article 1999
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Oortwijn, W. (author), Banta, D. (author), Vondeling, H. (author), Bouter, L. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)This article describes the actual situation at the beginning of 1999 with regard to identification and priority setting for health technology assessment (HTA) on a national level in the Netherlands. For this purpose the literature on HTA published in 1980-1998, mainly national, was thoroughly reviewed. Many policy documents and other reports...article 1999
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Reijneveld, S.A. (author), Stronks, K. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Background. Surveys among the general population are an important method for collecting epidemiological data on health and utilization of health care in that population. Selective non-response may affect the validity of these data. This study examines the impact of response bias on estimates of health care utilization and on risk estimates for...article 1999
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- Naaborg, R. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author) article 1998
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den Ouden, A.L. (author), Drijkoningen, C.E.M. (author), van der Spee-Wekke, J. (author), de Sigmond-Bruin, E.M. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective. To determine health and disabilities of preterm infants at age 10. Design. Prospective follow-up study. Setting. TNO Preventie en Gezondheid, sector Jeugd, Leiden, the Netherlands. Method. A questionnaire on medical consumption and physical disabilities was sent to the parents of a Dutch cohort of infants born alive in 1983 with a...article 1998
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Hopman-Rock, M. (author), de Bock, G.H. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Springer, M.P. (author), Hofman, A. (author), Kraaimaat, F.W. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the pattern of health care utilization of people aged 55-74 years with arthritic pain in the knee or hip. Design: People with current pain were identified in a population- based study. A filter model was used to describe the pattern of health care utilization of people who presented as patients at...article 1997
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van der Beek, A.J. (author), Frings-Dresen, M.H.W. (author), van Dijk, F.J.H. (author), Houtman, I.L.D. (author)Objectives - To achieve a coherent programme of topics for research in occupational health and safety, with well founded priorities and to relate them to perceived gaps and needs in The Netherlands. Methods - In the first phase of the study 33 key informants were interviewed. In the second phase questionnaires were sent to 150 Dutch experts ...article 1997
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de Kort, W. (author), van Dijk, F. (author), Instituut CIVO-Toxicologie en Voeding TNO (author)Objectives and methods - Health gain, prevention of health loss, and avoidance of financial risk all seem to be driving forces for the use of pre-employment medical assessment. An attempt is made to measure the effect of implementing the pre-employment medical assessment on these end points. The anticipated maximum preventive effect (preventive...article 1997
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Schaapveld, K. (author), Hirasing, R.A. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)On the occasion of the publication of the second revised edition of the Preventiegids (Prevention guide), some recent developments in preventive health care can be analysed and priorities for the near future can be formulated. Some controversies have been resolved (e.g. periconceptional use of folic acid, influenza vaccination of all elderly), a...article 1997
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Perenboom, R.J.M. (author), Boshuizen, H.C. (author), Breteler, M.M.B. (author), Alewijn, O. (author), van de Water, H.P.A. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)To gain an insight into the burden of dementia in an aging society, life expectancy with dementia and its counterpart dementia-free life expectancy (DemFLE) in The Netherlands are presented. Sullivan's method was used to calculate DemFLE. For elderly living either independently or in homes for the elderly prevalence figures on dementia were...article 1996
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- Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author) article 1996
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Schaapveld, K. (author), Chorus, A.M.J. (author), Perenboom, R.J.M. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)In this paper global differences in health between the 12 countries of the European Union are compared and related to variations in so-called determinants of health, especially socioeconomic and life style factors and characteristics of the health care system in each country. This leads to two main conclusions. The first conclusion is that the...article 1995
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- Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author) article 1995
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Hirasing, R.A. (author), Verrips, G.H. (author), Burgmeijer, R.J.F. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective. To establish the participation in a number of effective prevention programmes for infants of Turkish, Maroccan, Chinese and Vietnamese inhabitants of the four major cities in the Netherlands. Design. Enquiry. Setting. Health centres in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Method. Health centre staff members in 1994 asked 194...article 1995
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Reerink, J.D. (author), Herngreen, W.P. (author), Meulmeester, J.F. (author), den Ouden, A.L. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), Ruys, J.H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective. To assess consumption of medical care for infants and toddlers provided by general practitioners and specialists, and of hospital admissions for young children. Design. Descriptive. Setting. Dutch Child Health Clinics (CHC). Method. An aselect cohort of newborns of 1988/89 of the Social Medical Survey of children attending Child...article 1994
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Banta, H.D. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Minimally invasive surgery is one of the great innovations of health care in the 20th century. It promises to revolutionise surgery by allowing many more operations to be performed with minimal hospitalisation. Pressure from patients has caused many techniques to spread rapidly before they have been adequately assessed. This must be resisted,...article 1993
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Draaisma, D. (author), Dam, J. (author), de Winter, C.R. (author), Nederlands Instituut voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg TNO (author)In a debate on the desired occupational health service in The Netherlands all parties involved seemed to be rather unsatisfied with the current practice. Therefore a study was set out on the quality of the service to 51 client organizations as seen by the parties involved. In the first phase the viewpoint of the occupational health teams was...article 1993
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- Buitendijk, S.E. (author), Treffers, P.E. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author) article 1993
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Schaapveld, K. (author), Hirasing, R.A. (author), Gunning-Schepers, L.J. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)In opdracht van het ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Cultuur heeft het Nederlands Instituut voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg (NIPG-TNO) de Preventiegids vervaardigd, met een overzicht van de Nederlandse preventieprogramma's.1 Deze gids is in eerste instantie bestemd voor een aantal beroepsgroepen in de eerstelijnsgezondheidszorg en...article 1993